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Hey Jessica, Help me make sense of what you've worked on for the most recent log. Did you add those sources to the main space for "Environmental Impact Design" yet? It doesn't look like you suggested it on the Talk page, which might be a good first step. Did you revise the paragraph on Habit Creation? Add that to the Talk page as well. Next week, you'll want to make these changes on the mainspace, okay? Springerhe (talk) 20:31, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jessica, Are these resources ebooks? From the Butte College Library? If so, that's great. Usually, Wikipedia won't accept websites as sources.

In terms of your focus, remember Wikipedia is neutral, so you shouldn't be aiming to "talk about the positive impact that has on a city." Just incorporate what it is and especially, specific examples that you find in reliable sources. On the talk page (which, if you haven't read carefully, do that this week) it talks about the need for a better organization, since it reads like one long introduction. Do you feel up to tackling that? If so, find a similar article and copy how they use headings. Then propose that organizational change on the talk page. Make sense? Springerhe (talk) 23:56, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Overall these look like good sources, with one exception - the Sid Davis book. The American Management Association runs seminars and provides training, but it isn't a scholarly publisher. The Randall Thomas book is from 1999, so I'd be concerned that a lot of what it said might be out of date. Anything related to environmental design is likely to be a rapidly developing field, so I'd look for more sources published in the last five years or so. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

In the article "Environmental Impact Design" it talks about many useful and energy efficient changes. Some of the examples being coastal management, flood defense, bridge designs, etc. I plan to talk more about the ways houses can be more environmental friendly, and the positive impact that has on a city.

References:


 * Young, Oran R, Leslie A. King, and Heike Schroeder. Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2008. Internet resource.
 * Davis, Sid. Your Eco-Friendly Home: Buying, Building, or Remodeling Green. New York: American Management Association, 2008. Internet resource.
 * Thomas, Randall. Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers. London: E & FN Spon, 1999. Internet resource.
 * Galloway, Terry. Solar House: A Guide for the Solar Designer. Amsterdam: Architectural Press, 2004. Internet resource.
 * Kellert, Stephen R. Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2005. Internet resource.

03/04/18

Examples of positive impacts include:[3][4]

Habitat creation as a result of afforestation projects that can "expand forest resources and reduce the gap between timber production and consumption." An example of this is the China Afforestation Project. [5] Coastal management projects which contribute to ecological and recreational objectives. This type of project can strengthen biodiversity and protected areas. It can also promote sustainable use of biological resources at the local level.[6] Flood defense projects which improve the livability in flood-prone areas by reducing future loses with the construction of defense facilities. Flood preparedness and mitigation systems will enhance the regional capacity of handling periodic flooding.[7] Bridge designs which enhance the landscape and contribute positively to the environment. An example of this is the implementation of concrete bridges which are sustainable, recyclable, long lasting and make "it possible to facilitate accelerated construction; thereby, reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by traffic delays and construction equipment operation." [8]

This is the copy pasted original first chunk of the article. I will be making separate headings for these four examples given. Then, I'll elaborate on each one.

The references I used are all ebooks from the Butte College library.

I'd like to elaborate more on the current involvement construction has in EID, and suggested that in the talk page. I will wait to see if others think this would be useful information to add.

03/17/18

Updated references. I took out the Davis one that wiki user Ian suggested, due to it being environmentally out of date. I then replaced it with an ebook by Susan Roaf copyrighted in 2007.

References:


 * Young, Oran R, Leslie A. King, and Heike Schroeder. Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2008. Internet resource.
 * Thomas, Randall. Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers. London: E & FN Spon, 1999. Internet resource.
 * Galloway, Terry. Solar House: A Guide for the Solar Designer. Amsterdam: Architectural Press, 2004. Internet resource.
 * Kellert, Stephen R. Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2005. Internet resource.
 * Roaf, Susan, Manuel Fuentes, and Stephanie Thomas. Ecohouse: A Design Guide. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2007. Internet resource.

Put headings on the positive impact examples.

Habit Creation Habitat creation as a result of afforestation projects that can "expand forest resources and reduce the gap between timber production and consumption." An example of this is the China Afforestation Project. [5] Coastal Management Coastal management projects that contribute to ecological and recreational objectives. This type of project can strengthen biodiversity and protected areas. It can also promote sustainable use of biological resources at the local level.[6] Flood Defense Flood defense projects which improve the livability in flood-prone areas by reducing future loses with the construction of defense facilities. Flood preparedness and mitigation systems will enhance the regional capacity of handling periodic flooding.[7] Bridge Design Bridge designs which enhance the landscape and contribute positively to the environment. An example of this is the implementation of concrete bridges which are sustainable, recyclable, long lasting and make "it possible to facilitate accelerated construction; thereby, reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by traffic delays and construction equipment operation." [8]

Next, I'll plan a better layout to organize this article. Today I also posted comments on 'Heiharris' sandbox.

04/01

Posted last times edit onto the talk page. Bolded the category titles, and italicized the subtypes. I moved that work to the mainspace.

Adding in more info on EID in the field of construction.

Choosing your materials can be affected by where you’ll be building, the climate, the constructional time frame, and the purpose of the structure. By choosing to construct environmentally safe, you will be preventing the earth from many forms of harm. The amount of manpower, machine power, or unnaturally occurring objects used in the construction of a building have an effect.

Reply to review comments: I now added the sources to the main page, and put my suggestions onto the talk page. Including the new additional changes from above. Moved my work to the mainspace. But, there wasn't a peer review done on my work/article.

04/08/18

I edited and corrected some misspelled words, and small grammatical errors.

I also added in five wikilinks on the following words/phrases: Flood defense, Emissions, Green energy, Externalities, Biodiversity

I attempted to upload an image for the EID in the field of construction, but kept getting messages of 'error' so I'm going to ask the help center in Wiki commons for a solution or reasoning. My picture is in the ebook Solar house : a guide for the solar designer by Terry Galloway. It's a picture of a sloped roof of a framing plan that is being built before the addition of solar panels onto it.

I placed my question onto the village pump, on wiki commons.

04/10/18

I went through the checklist on page 15, and finalized my article. My response in wiki commons revealed that the picture I had wanted to post, was copyright protected, so it will not be in my article.